FFaaccuullttyy AArreeaass ooff SSppeecciiaalliizzaattiioonn 22000022--22000033 LSU IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/ACCESS UNIVERSITY Produced by Digital Services Printed by LSU Graphic Services Louisiana State University College of Engineering 5241 • 8c • 8/02 THE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING EXEMPLARY DISSERTATION AWARD With the recommendation of the College of Engineering Graduate Coordinators Council and approval of Dean Pius Egbelu, the College of Engineering is proud to announce the establishment of the “College of Engineering, Exemplary Dissertation Award” to be awarded annually at Spring Commencement. The award is given to individuals that have been selected in the College of Engineering as the finalists for the LSU Distinguished Dissertation Award. The number of finalists depends on the number of doctoral degrees that were conferred in the previous year. The awardees are recognized in the COE Annual Newsletter, Engineering News, and on the College of Engineering website, www.eng.lsu.edu The recipients of the 2001-2002 College of Engineering Exemplary Dissertation Award are: • Daniel U. Campos-Delgado • Abdelqader M. Zamamiri G L o u i s i a n a S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y N College of Engineering F A S I ACULTY REAS OF PECIALIZATION R 2002–2003 E Table of Contents E 2 College of Engineering N 3 Office of the Dean I 5 G Biological & Agricultural Engineering 10 Gordon A. & Mary Cain Chemical Engineering N 15 Civil & Environmental Engineering E 24 Construction Management 27 Electrical & Computer Engineering 33 F Industrial & Manufacturing Systems Engineering 36 Mechanical Engineering O 42 Craft & Hawkins Petroleum Engineering 45 Organized Research Units E 54 Telephone Number and E-Mail Quick Reference G E For more information contact: L Tammy Vieira Abshire Assistant Director L LSU College of Engineering O 3304 CEBA Building • Baton Rouge, LA 70803 225/578-5731 • Fax 225/578-4845 [email protected] • www.eng.lsu.edu C 1 • Administration Pius J. Egbelu Dean Julius P. Langlinais Associate Dean Mehmet T. Tumay Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies Lisa K. Launey Assistant Dean Maureen M. Robertson Assistant Dean/Director of the Division of Engineering Services • Department Chairs N Richard L. Bengtson Biological & Agricultural Engineering A F. Carl Knopf Gordon A. & Mary Cain Chemical Engineering E George Z. Voyiadjis Civil & Environmental Engineering D George M. Hammitt II Construction Management Kemin Zhou Electrical & Computer Engineering E Thomas G. Ray Industrial & Manufacturing Systems Engineering H T Glenn Sinclair Mechanical Engineering Zaki A. Bassiouni Craft & Hawkins Petroleum Engineering F O E • Organized Research Unit Directors C I F F Michael M. Khonsari Center for Rotating Machinery O Roy K. Dokka Center for GeoInformatics Danny D. Reible Hazardous Substance Research Center/South and Southwest Kelly A. Rusch Institute for Ecological Infrastructure Engineering Marc L. Levitan LSU Hurricane Center Joe T. Baker Louisiana Transportation Research Center John H. Pardue Louisiana Water Resources Research Institute Sumanta Acharya Turbine Innovation and Energy Research Center 2 G N Office of the Dean I PIUS J. EGBELU R • Dean, College of Engineering; Bert S. Turner Distinguished Professor, Industrial & Manufacturing Systems Engineering E • Ph.D. (1982), Virginia Polytechnic Institute E and State University • Areas of specialization: material handling, N production planning and controls, manufacturing • 225/578-5701; [email protected] I G N JULIUS P. LANGLINAIS, P.E. E • Associate Dean, College of Engineering; H. Mark Krause, Jr. Endowed Professor of Engineering, Petroleum Engineering • Ph.D. (1971), Louisiana State University F • Areas of specialization: production engineering, drilling engineering, petroleum economics O • 225/578-5703; [email protected] E MEHMET T. TUMAY, P.E. • Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, College of G Engineering; Georgia Gulf Endowed Distinguished Professor in Engineering, Civil & Environmental Engineering E • Ph.D. (1971), Istanbul Technical University, Turkey L • Areas of specialization: in-situ and nondestructive assessment of geomedia materials and systems, geostatistics, L ground improvement, underground space development • 225/578-9165; [email protected] O C 3 Office of the Dean LISA K. LAUNEY • Assistant Dean, College of Engineering • M.A. (1985), Louisiana State University • Areas of specialization: supervision of undergraduate student support services, counseling, academic advising programs • 225/578-5731; [email protected] N A E MAUREEN M. ROBERTSON D • Assistant Dean, College of Engineering; Director, Division of E Engineering Services H • M.B.A. (1989), Mercer University T F • Areas of specialization: state budget and foundation accounts O management, personnel, grants and contracts, staff supervision E • 225/578-6068; [email protected] C I F F O 4 G Department of N Biological & Agricultural Engineering I R 149 E.B. Doran Building Baton Rouge, LA 70803 E 225/578-3153 • Fax 225/578-3492 www.bae.lsu.edu E Richard L. Bengtson, P.E. N Acting Department Head I G N E F O E G E • Professor • Ph.D. (1980), Oklahoma State University L • Areas of specialization:soil erosion, small watershed hydrology, L watershed modeling • 225/578-1056 O • [email protected] C 5 G JOHN W. BRANCH N I • Specialist R • Ph.D. (2000), Louisiana State University E E N • Areas of specialization: water quality (drinking and waste I water) and quantity (flooding, irrigation, conservation, recycling, G conversion from ground water to surface water sources) N E • 225/578-2229; [email protected] L A R WILLIAM H. BROWN U • Vice Chancellor and Director,Louisiana Agricultural T L Experiment Station U • Ph.D. (1969), University of Missouri C I R • Areas of specialization: structures and environment G • 225/578-4181; [email protected] A & L CAYE M. DRAPCHO A • Associate Professor C • Ph.D. (1993), Clemson University I G O • Areas of specialization: biological reactor design for waste L treatment/product formation, agricultural nonpoint source O I pollution control B • 225/578-1055; [email protected] F O T ROBERT J. EDLING N • Associate Professor E M • Ph.D. (1975), University of Kentucky T R • Areas of specialization: irrigation systems design, crop A water use analysis P E • 225/578-1065; [email protected] D 6 G N STEVEN G. HALL, P.E. • Assistant Professor I • Ph.D. (1998), Cornell University R • Areas of specialization: composting, aquaculture, instrumentation, control in biological systems E • 225/578-1049; [email protected] E N LYNN M. HANNAMAN I • Specialist G • Ed.D. (1976), University of Northern Colorado • Areas of specialization: agricultural structure, plans service, N and 4-H compact tractor • 225/578-2229; [email protected] E MARYBETH LIMA F • Assistant Professor • Ph.D. (1996), Ohio State University O • Areas of specialization: bioprocessing engineering, value-added processing E • 225/578-1061; [email protected] G MICHAEL P. MAILANDER E •Associate Professor L • Ph.D. (1985), Purdue University L • Areas of specialization: farm equipment design and analysis, computer-based decision support systems, agricultural applications O of sensing and control techniques • 225/578-1058; [email protected] C 7 G RANDY R. PRICE N I • Assistant Professor R E • Ph.D. (2000), University of Illinois E N • Areas of specialization: precision farming, mechanization and I G harvest systems N • 225/578-1057; [email protected] E L A R DARRYL C. RESTER U • Specialist T L • M.S. (1965), Louisiana State University U C • Areas of specialization: cotton mechanization and pesticides I R • 225/578-2229; [email protected] G A & L LAKSHMAN VELUPILLAI A •Professor; Director, International Programs C I • Ph.D. (1984), Louisiana State University G O • Areas of specialization:crop processing and training in grain L O post-harvest technology I B • 225/578-6963; [email protected] F O T N E M T R A P E D 8